Currently, over 75% of Aneurysms Are Treated with Surgical Clipping and Less Than 25% of Aneurysms Are Treated with Coils - This Ratio is Bound to Change as Coiling Becomes a More Accepted Practice and the Technique More Adopted.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c21489) has announced the addition of Neuro Stents & Coils - Technology & Market Forecast to their offering. The landscape of management options for cerebral aneurysms Cerebral Aneurysm Definition A cerebral aneurysm occurs at a weak point in the wall of a blood vessel (artery) that supplies blood to the brain. Because of the flaw, the artery wall bulges outward and fills with blood. This bulge is called an aneurysm. is changing fast. Current evidence suggests that coil embolization embolization /em·bo·li·za·tion/ (em?bo-li-za´shun) 1. the process or condition of becoming an embolus. 2. therapeutic introduction of a substance into a vessel in order to occlude it. of unruptured intracranial aneurysms is usually efficacious ef·fi·ca·cious adj. Producing or capable of producing a desired effect. See Synonyms at effective. [From Latin effic in obliterating o·blit·er·ate tr.v. o·blit·er·at·ed, o·blit·er·at·ing, o·blit·er·ates 1. To do away with completely so as to leave no trace. See Synonyms at abolish. 2. aneurysms and that its safety is similar to that of surgical treatment. The continuous improvement in coil design and composition, the introduction of stents for the management of wide-necked cerebral aneurysms and the advancement in guiding catheters and wires design are improving the utility of coils in intracranial aneurysm treatment. New diagnostic modalities Modalities The factors and circumstances that cause a patient's symptoms to improve or worsen, including weather, time of day, effects of food, and similar factors. , including computed tomographic angiography angiography or arteriography X-ray examination of arteries and veins with a contrast medium to differentiate them from surrounding organs. The contrast medium is introduced through a catheter to show the blood vessels and the structures they supply, including , promise to supplement the classical and conventional diagnostic studies with less-invasive imaging, possibly providing more accurate 3-dimensional anatomic information about the aneurysmal aneurysmal pertaining to or arising from an aneurysm. aneurysmal bone cyst see bone cyst. pathology to guide treatment decisions. All these factors combined are bound to further the penetration of endovascular techniques for the treatment of both ruptured and unruptured brain aneurysms. Currently, over 75% of aneurysms are treated with surgical clipping (1) Cutting off the outer edges or boundaries of a word, signal or image. In rendering an image, clipping removes any objects or portions thereof that are not visible on screen. See scissoring. See also WCA. and less than 25% of aneurysms are treated with coils. This ratio is bound to change as coiling becomes a more accepted practice and the technique more adopted. "Neuro Stents & Coils - Technology & Market Forecast report" provide a brief, but thorough, analysis of this market with profiles of leading participants and forecasts to the year 2010. Report Highlights --Current State of the Science for the endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysms. --Recent clinical trials and their findings. --Epidemiology of stroke, cerebral aneurysms and estimated number of cerebral aneurysm coiling procedures. --Current market for endovascular procedures for intracranial aneurysms segmented geographically and along product lines. --Potential market for cerebral aneurysm endovascular devices. --Leading players in the neuro stents and coils space and potential new entrants. --Market forecasts till 2010. Neuro Stents & Coils: Market & Technology Forecast report offers a short but thorough analysis of the potential for the global market for endovascular intracranial aneurysm management. It is targeted at busy executives scanning for windows of opportunities opening in the interventional neuroradiology interventional neuroradiology A subspecialty of neuroradiology in which minimally invasive therapy can be effected by advancing various devices within a blood vessel to a point of a previously identified lesion–eg, an intracranial aneurysm. Cf Clipping, Trapping. space. Companies mentioned in the report include: --Balt --Boston Scientific --Collagen Matrix --Concentric --Cook --Johnson & Johnson --Medtronic --Micro Therapeutics --MicroVention --Micrus --Terumo For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c21489 |
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